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Chivalry at sea a myth : study shows

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Imagine a giant ship slowly sinking into the sea, with the men of course standing back, allowing women and children to board the life boats and allowing themselves to be stoically be engulfed by the frothy waves.However, that idea of male chivalry at sea is a complete myth, according to two Swedish researchers.
Mikeal Elinder and Oscar Erixon, economists at Uppsala University north of Stockholm, have studied 18 of the world's most famous maritime disasters since 1852 and found that men have nearly double... more...

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